Abstract
The survey was conducted in Malwar and Kwangi villages of Tulsipur sub-metropolitan city of Dang district to study the present status of the free-range duck farming system. The data were collected from 50 farmers of each village by interviewing the close-ended questionnaire. The majority of the farmers (74%) reared both duck and chicken while the remaining farmers reared duck only. About 40% of the farmers used maize as feeding materials. The percentage of farmers keeping ducks in their living house and not using any bedding materials was 50 and 32 respectively. The average sexual maturity days, adult weight, egg production, and egg weight were 189.83 days, 1.99 kg, 104.91 and 60.95 g, respectively. Most of the farmers (61%) reported no disease problem but sometimes duck cholera was a major problem. Out of total farmers, about 98% did not vaccinate and 82% did not provide vitamin and mineral supplements. The average mortality rate was 14.64% per year. Thus, it can be concluded that the rearing method of duck is traditional and lack of appropriate housing and inadequate supply of vaccines, medicines, vitamins and minerals are the major problems. Programs related to training and budget should be introduced to overcome these problems.
Highlights
About 20% of the human body is made up of protein (Brown, 2017)
Most of the farmers are rearing their ducks in their living house which indicates that most of the farmers can not afford the separate house to duck due to low economic condition
Medicines, vaccines, vitamins and minerals should be made available at a reasonable price to increase the productivity of free-range duck farming
Summary
About 20% of the human body is made up of protein (Brown, 2017). A normal human being requires 0.8g protein/kg body weight per day (Mangano et al, 2017). In Nepal, the total number of ducks was 416,400 among which 190,747 were laying ducks in the period 2018/19 (MoALD, 2020). The rural farmers do not have much knowledge of different aspects of duck management Despite their importance indigenous breeds are under threat due to various factors such as changing production systems and indiscriminate crossbreeding. Systematic data related to free-range duck farming systems can help duck and poultry sectors to bloom more. Till no systematic data are available regarding the status of the free-range duck rearing system of Tulsipur, Dang. The study was undertaken to know the present status of free-range duck farming in Tulsipur Dang. Present Status of Free-Range Duck Farming System of Tulsipur Dang, Nepal.
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